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Lynn Gilbert, PhD, RN, PNP-C

Associate Professor

Lynn.Gilbert@ucdenver.edu

Dr. Gilbert teaches in our nationally ranked pediatric nurse practitioner program and practices and precepts in our faculty practice sites.  Her research interests include cardiovascular risks in children and lifelong health implications, cross-cultural and international child health.  Before coming to the University of Colorado Health Science Center in 1994, she worked and taught in Africa, then developed a pediatric primary care component for a community health service for medically indigent families in Colorado.  She is active on the steering committee for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners child overweight initiative (Healthy Eating and Activity Together) and as a child advocate at the local, state, and international level.

Dr. Gilbert precepts and practices one day a week in a faculty practice site for low-income families.

Degree Awarding Institution Field of Study Graduation Date
PhD Union Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio		 Behavioral Pediatrics and Community Child Health 1994
PNP Certificate University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado		  Nursing 1979
MSc University of California
San Francisco, California		 Maternal Child and Public Health Nursing 1968
BSc Stanford University
Stanford, California		 Nursing 1965
Title Organization Year
Henry Silver Memorial Award NAPNAP 1997
Finalist, Nightingale Award Colorado Area Haelth
Education Centers (AHEC)		 2003
Diversity Award University of Colorado
Health Science Center		 2003
Bighorn Center Health Policy
Leadership Fellow		 Bighorn Center for Public Policy 2004
Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence University of Colorado
Health Science Center		 2006
Pioneer Award Colorado Chapter of NAPNAP 2009
  1. Gance-Cleveland, B., Gilbert, L., Kopanos, T., & Gilbert, K. (2010). Evaluation of technology to identify and assess overweight children and adolescents. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 15(1), 72-83.
  2. Belansky, E., Cutforth, N., Delong, E., Ross, C., Scarbro, S., Gilbert, L., Beatty, B., & Marshall, J. (2009) Early impact of the federally mandated local wellness policy on physical activity in rural, low-income elementary schools in Colorado Journal of Public Health Policy, 30, S141-S160.
  3. Gilbert, L. (2007). Where in the world am I? Where should I be? Experiences and exhortations of an itinerant pediatric nurse practitioner. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 21(6), 381-384.
  4. HEAT Clinical Practice Guideline Steering Work Group (Gilbert. L., early childhood chair). (2007). Identifying and preventing overweight in childhood. 
  5. Barton, A. J., Gilbert, L., Baramee, J., & Granger T. (2006). Cardiovascular risk in Hispanic and Non-hispanic preschoolers Nursing Research, 55(3), 172-179.
  6. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (2006). Healthy eating and activity together (HEAT) clinical practice guidelines for preventing and identifying childhood overweight Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 20 (2S), 79-148.
  7. Barton, A. J, Gilbert, L., Erickson, V., Baramee, J., Sowers, D., & Robertson, K. J. (2003). A guide to assist nurse practitioners with standardized nursing language. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 21(3), 128-133.
  8. Gance-Cleveland, B., & Gilbert, L. (2001). Connecting classroom, clinic and community. Journal of Nursing Education, 40 (4).
  • 1999-2002 Clinical investigator, Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of Preschool Children, Principal Investigator, Dr. Amy Barton, NINR R15 NRO4961, $75,000
  • 2004-2005 Co-investigator, Youth Overweight Risk Reduction (YORR), Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Program (COPAN), Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), $3,000. (with Dr. Amy Barton and Dr. Sue Hagedorn)
  • 2006-2008 Co-investigator, What's Working for Low Income Colorado Students: A Rural-Urban Approach to Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $400,000 to Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, UCD.
  • Annual medical mission in rural Haiti under auspices of Colorado Haiti Project (1999-present).